Water Drops on Burning Rocks
A shrewd adaptation by Francois Ozon of an early stage play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in which a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a man thirty years his junior in 1970s Germany.
French title: Gouttes D’Eau Sur Pierres Brulantes
“It’s good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.” ~Chicago Reader
“The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder’s most memorable pictures.” ~Christian Science Monitor
Cast
Bernard Giraudeau , Malik Zidi , Ludivine Sagnier , Anna Thomson
Director
Languages
French, German
Subtitles
English
Country
France
Studio
StudioCanal
